Hypnotic Wealth Spells Derek Rydall PDF

The 5 Hypnotic
Wealth
Spells
AND HOW TO SNAP OUT OF THEM
By Derek Rydall
The 5 Hypnotic
Wealth
Spells
and how to snap out of them
By Derek Rydall
Table of ContentS
4 Introduction
Snapping Out of The
5 Hypnotic Wealth Spells
10 Hypnotic Wealth Spell # 1

“We Are Separate from Our Good & Must Get It,
Achieve it, or Attract it.”
Awakened Wealth Truth: We Are One With All Good
– We Can’t Add or Lose Anything

“Money & Things Are Wealth.”
Awakened Wealth Truth: Real Wealth is Invisible,
Infinite, and Within You

“You Have to Believe It To Receive (or Achieve) It”
Awakened Wealth Truth: You Have to Ask to Receive It

“You Have to Adapt to Circumstance.”
Awakened Wealth Truth: You Must Expand
In The Face of Contraction/Limitation

“Money/Wealth Is Not Spiritual.”
Awakened Wealth Truth: Wealth Is an Attribute of Spirit/Truth/God
70 Staying Awake
Introduction
Snapping Out of The

5 Hypnotic Wealth Spells
“Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think,”
Ayn Rand
The man tried desperately to chase the white poodle off the stage,
as the person conducting the exercise directed him. But no mat-
ter how much he dodged and darted, trying to cut the poodle off,
scare the poodle, or grab the poodle, his attempts failed. Exhaust-
ed, the man sat back down in his chair on stage, frustrated, pant-
ing, feeling like a failure, staring out of the corner his eye at that
god-forsaken white poodle standing just a few feet out of his reach.
The audience watched in awe and wonder, eyes wide, some
covering their mouth in shock and surprise. Why? Because from
their perspective, there was no white poodle. All they saw was a
wild man chasing nothing around the stage, driving himself cra-
zy until he collapsed in a pool of anger and perspiration. You see,
the man had been hypnotized to believe there was a white poodle.
And to his awareness, it was as real as anything else.
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“I’m going to count backwards from five to one now,” The hypnotist
said in a calm, steady voice. “And when I reach one, you’ ll wake up,
feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. Five, four, three, two, one…” He
snapped his fingers. Like a curtain had been pulled back, the man’s
face grew brighter. He took a breath, became suddenly relaxed, and
sat up straight, full of renewed energy. The poodle was gone. The au-
dience applauded. And the hypnotist asked for the next volunteer…
So where was that poodle? Where did it come from and
where did it go? To the hypnotized man, it was as real as any dog.
But there was nothing there. It was all a projection of his mind,
which had been implanted with an hypnotic suggestion. He wasn’t
reacting to anything ‘out there,’ he was reacting to his own belief of
a white poodle. This same trick has caused people to do all kinds of
things and have all kinds of experiences that are as real as everyday
life. People have been hypnotized to believe they can’t move, and
try as they might, they’re stuck. They’ve been hypnotized to believe
their arms were ten times their normal weight, and as if it were so,
their arms fell to their side like slabs of concrete. They’ve been hyp-
notized to believe they’re surrounded by snakes, and they cower in
fear, completely paralyzed.
Many studies have been done where people were covert-
ly ‘primed’ with suggestions (basically hypnotized in more subtle
ways), then observed as they responded biologically to these sugges-
tions without knowing they were puppets in someone’s psychologi-
cal game. In one study, students would walk up to someone with a
book of matches, strike a hot match, blow it out then, unbeknownst
to the subject, touch their hand with a totally cold match. The re-
sult: a statistically significant sample of the subjects would form
heat blisters – as if a hot match had touched them. Another exam-
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ple had two sets of people fill out surveys where they answered a
series of questions, one version layering in suggestions of old age
and its accompanying symptoms, the other layering in suggestions
of youth and vitality. Afterwards, they were studied and there was a
significant change in the speed and gait of their walk, the posture in
their body, and various other markers that reflected signs of aging.
There have also been experiments that did the reverse;
where a group of elderly men were put in a house that had been
converted to reflect all the signs and suggestions of their youth.
The result? After a week of being in this environment, they had all
shown significant signs of age reversal. Some going in on a wheel-
chair came out with only a cane. Some that couldn’t even pull up
their own socks ended the week playing touch football! But soon
after this, as they returned to the world full of suggestions that
they were old, they reverted back. Even more bizarre are the ac-
counts of people with multiple personalities whose biology chang-
es when they change personalities. One personality has a particular
disease, allergy, or other ailment, another personality doesn’t have
it – and depending on which personality they inhabit, the prob-
lem appears and disappears, as if it never existed. There have even
been accounts of one personality having one eye color and when
they switch, their eye color changes!
So where was the disease, the youthfulness, the old age, the
allergies, the cause of eye color, the heat of the match, or the white
poodle? It was all in their mind! Please don’t brush over that sen-
tence, because if you can truly understand that, your life will never
be the same. All of these examples and numerous more have prov-
en over and over that we don’t experience life as it is, we experience
life as we are, through the filters of our conditioned beliefs, expecta-
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tions, and stories. We are so susceptible to such suggestions that we

can be primed in a matter of moments, without even knowing, and
experience a whole reality that isn’t even there. Subliminal advertis-
ing, which is now supposedly illegal and not performed, showed just
how easy it is to cause people to take action without knowing they
were being manipulated. The first major study of this was with ads for
snacks during a movie. They would flash an image of popcorn, can-
dy, or soda, fast enough so that the conscious mind didn’t see it, but
long enough to enter the non-conscious mind. Result: there was a sig-
nificant increase in concession sales. If we can be made to buy pop-
corn when we don’t really want it, without even knowing we’re being
influenced, how much more might we be influenced by the subtle
and not-so-subtle suggestions from our environment, family, friends,
schooling, media, and the collective beliefs of society?
Now this book is not a thesis on the power of persuasion or
the broad impact of mass brainwashing. The key thing to under-
stand here is that each of us has been influenced by these sugges-
tions. And beyond our own personal lives, we have been soaking in
a sea of universal beliefs -- beliefs specific to every area of life and
certain cultures -- that act as a larger agreement for reality. These
create a paradigm of what’s possible, what’s not, what works, what
doesn’t, etc. Over time, they have turned into our own unique sto-
ry of lack and limitation, putting us asleep in a play, playing a part
that we didn’t even know we were cast in. We think we’re walking
around with free will, making conscious choices, but often we’re just
responding to a script we didn’t write! What’s more, even as we be-
gin to work on our personal issues, these larger universal beliefs of-
ten remain in tact, because they are tribal, and to break them would
be to come out from the pack and risk rejection.
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I call these universal limited beliefs Human Hypnotic Spells. And

as I’ve worked in the area of wealth, coaching tens of thousands of
people around the world, I’ve identified five of these false beliefs --
what I call The Five Hypnotic Wealth Spells and the correspond-
ing Awakened Wealth Truths:
Hypnotic Wealth Spell # 1

Awakened Wealth Truth: We Are One
With All Good – We Can’t Add or Lose Anything


Awakened Wealth Truth: You Have to Ask to Receive It
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Awakened Wealth Truth: You Must Expand
In The Face of Contraction/Limitation

Awakened Wealth Truth: Wealth Is an Attribute
of Spirit/Truth/God
Now there may well be more than five, and there are many distinc-
tions and permutations of each of these. However in working with
good-hearted, conscientious people who sincerely want to have more
abundance, but are struggling to make it happen, these are the core
patterns I’ve uncovered. So let’s dive into them…
Chapter One

Awakened Wealth Truth: We Are One With All Good
– We Can’t Add or Lose Anything
T
his is the number one lie that hobbles many people in
their ability to achieve abundance of any kind in a sus-
tainable way. This is touched upon in the foundational
chapter, where we discussed how the substance of all creation is
within us and we can never be separate from it. Here, I want to ex-
pand on the characteristics of someone caught in this trance and
someone awakened from it, so that you can identify when you’ve
fallen under this spell, and have practices for snapping out of it. I
go in-depth to help you fully understand this issue, so if you’re in a
rush to get to the ‘wealth and money stuff,’ please be patient. Hav-
ing a solid foundation will help you make lasting change.
We’ve been conditioned from birth to believe that we are a
separate being, separate from each other, separate from our envi-
ronment, and separate from the things we want and need. In fact,
the ego is basically a separation-creating program. That’s actually
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its job – to create programs that ensure the survival of the separate
self and its body. It allows us to experience ourselves as something
distinct from the environment so that we don’t walk into a tree or
off a cliff. It allows us to feel separate from other animals, so that we
don’t just hug a lion (although that would be pretty cool if the lion
let us). And it makes us feel separate from other humans, so that
we don’t trust everyone, let down our guard, and walk into enemy
territory unarmed. It also allowed us to create programs that made
our family, friends, ethnicity, tribe, village, and nation separate -- so
that we would make its preservation a priority.
Now clearly this had its benefits. As we were evolving and
didn’t have the brain capacity to question our perceptions and be-
liefs – metacognition – it created in us an instinctive mechanism
that increased our chances of survival. By seeing ourselves as sepa-
rate, we protected our body. By seeing our family as separate, each
person could more easily protect that unit of the tribe called their
family. By seeing our ethnicity as separate, we could preserve our
unique heritage so that it endured long enough to bring forth its
specific gifts, rather than becoming subsumed into other ethnici-
ties and being lost forever. By seeing our tribe, village, and nation as
separate, it allowed us to focus on developing the unique qualities,
capacities, and ultimate purpose of this larger unit of life. It makes
sense, in the same way that when we really want to master a thing,
we isolate it and dive deeply into it until we can discover, extract,
and integrate its potential.
The problem, however, is that a paradigm of separation can
only take us so far. It can help us understand or preserve an isolat-
ed, distinct part, but it can never bring us to an awareness of the
whole and how it really operates. This is the problem with much of
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modern medicine. It has been built on dissecting the parts of the

body, often after its dead, versus understanding how all the parts
fit together as a greater whole – not to the mention the rest of the
being, mentally, emotionally, energetically, and spiritually. This is
also the problem with international politics, race relations, and ba-
sic human relations. Nationalism, while in its inception, is about
distinguishing the benefits, values, and purpose of a country, ul-
timately becomes a disease when it cuts itself off from the whole
world. Racial pride, while serving to bring forth the unique gifts of
a race, can ultimately become racism or worse. And our sense of sep-
aration from each other is at the root of all our human conflicts.
Our sense of separation from each other

is at the root of all our human conflicts.
Over and over we see the negative consequences of separa-

tion play out in every area of life; how we treat animals like they’re
just fodder for our factory farming, with little awareness of the im-
pact on every other area of life; how we treat the environment as if
it’s just a bunch of separate resources to be plundered and turned
into mountains of waste, again with little awareness of the garbage
dump we’re creating in our own backyard.
But the greatest sense of separation, the one that actually
leads to all the rest, is our fundamental sense of separation from
life itself, or what some (including myself) would call God or
Source, in all its forms. I will suggest, in fact, that this is the only
real problem we have – our sense of separation from Source. Our
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belief that we are separate from our source of life and creation is the
primary cause behind all acts of violence and cruelty, to ourselves
and others, all wars, and all destruction of our beautiful planet. And
the only solution to our personal and global problems is to come back
into a realization of our oneness with life itself, and all that entails.
The only solution to our personal and global

problems is to come back into a realization
of our oneness with life itself, and all that entails.
When we know, truly know, that we are one with life, with
source, with everything that is real, what could we possibly want
for? Why would we ever lie, cheat, steal, harm or kill anyone or any-
thing when we know that we are connected to the source of all cre-
ation, including its capacity to create whatever we truly need? The
answer is we wouldn’t.
When the bible says “I and my father are one, and all that the
father has is mine…the cattle on a thousand hills…the earth and the
fullness thereof…” it is speaking of this realization of oneness with
the Fountain of All Creation. When it talks about the Prodigal
Son who leaves his father’s house, takes his inheritance, and tries
to make it on his own, only to become broke and broken and final-
ly return home again, it’s describing our human journey of leaving
our sense of oneness with the source of creation, creating a separate
sense of existence that leads to all the pain and suffering, lack and
loss of the human drama, until we eventually wake up in a hovel
with pigs and prostitutes and go ‘what the heck was I thinking?’ and
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begin our journey back home to oneness. This is also the mean-
ing behind the metaphor of the vine and its branches, and how a
human is like a branch cut off from the vine or tree, which with-
ers and dies. Once you understand this principle, if you go back
and read the great scriptures of the world (from all religions), you
will start to see what they’re really teaching. And it boils down to
this: we are dreaming that we are separate from God, Source, Life,
which is creating all our suffering, and we need to wake up – snap
out of this hypnotic spell – to realize our oneness again.
Now you may be thinking, “ holy smokes, this is some deep
stuff, man, I just want to pay my rent, not become a saint!” And
I hear you. Some of this can feel like we’re going down the rabbit
hole. If that’s the case, just let it wash over you. Let it plant the seeds
of truth in you. In time, with care and feeding, they will take root
and sprout into a harvest that bears rich fruit! The main thing to
take away from this first hypnotic wealth spell is that most of us
have been asleep to who we really are, where we really are, and what
we really have – a divine inheritance of infinite proportions.
And this sense of separation has led to many of the neurot-
ic, destructive patterns we have found ourselves in, and the many
ways we have tried, in vain, to get ourselves out of these messes.
As long as we’re asleep to this hypnotic spell, even our solutions
will keep us stuck in our problems! That’s why Einstein said you
can’t solve a problem at the level of thinking that created it. That’s
why, even when people use these strategies to make more money --
even when they get a bigger paycheck -- they just find themselves
broke at a higher income bracket! As long as we’re operating from
separation, true wealth and fulfillment will always be ‘out there’
no matter how much we have.
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As long as we’re operating from separation,

true wealth and fulfillment will always be ‘out there’
no matter how much we have.
Even some of the seemingly good strategies for ‘making it’

in the world, like prominent success systems or the law of attrac-
tion and other metaphysical or New Thought practices, are built
from within this hypnotic spell of separation. The law of attrac-
tion, while an important metaphysical step, is just training wheels
for those who feel that life is happening to them, so that they can
begin to move into the second stage of manifestation where they
are happening to life. It’s important, becaue it moves us from be-
ing a victim to being a creator. But it’s still a form of manipula-
tion that can produce many negative byproducts, as my personal
story of self-improvement showed (not to mention the countless
others who have struggled with that strategy). To be clear, I’m not
making these other modalities wrong – many things within the
hypnotic spell serve us to wake up from it eventually – I’m simply
illustrating that many of the ways we’ve attempted to improve our
life and create more abundance, fail or fall short because they exist
within the dream of separation. They are a product of this hypnot-
ic spell and, like the white poodle they will keep us chasing after
things until we eventually collapse in exhaustion and frustration.
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Signs You Are Hypnotized By This Spell
Well, first you have to recognize you’re in it. What are some of
the signs that you have been hypnotized by a sense of separation?
A feeling that you are incomplete without something or someone
(some condition) and will only be complete once you have it.
Feeling unsafe, unsupported, insecure, unworthy (or the

many different sub-qualities of this category) because you
don’t have something or someone – and the belief that you
will only be ‘enough’ or be safe and secure once you have it.
(This is similar to the first clue, but more specific. These
underlying beliefs, and their accompanying emotional patterns,
are what most advertising is built on. They create an emotional
experience of someone feeling good about themselves, happy,
safe, secure, etc…and associate that with theproduct they’re
selling. So if you’re buying into these ads – and buying things
based on them – you might be hypnotized!)
A derivative of the above clue is when you find yourself

fantasizing about some future goal and telling yourself that
‘someday when I (fill in the blank)…I’ ll be happy, I’ ll be
enough, all will be well.’ In fact, any time you put your sense
of good, your sense of freedom, fulfillment or well-being in
the future, you have been seduced by this hypnotic spell.
Feeling a compulsive need to use the various success strategies

to attract or achieve something. This doesn’t mean you can’t
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use these tools, but if you find yourself feeling you must use
them or you will lose out, or you feel a sense of fear, excite
ment, or pushing around your goals, you just might be
chasing a white poodle.
If you compare yourself to others, and either feel superior or

inferior – which means you have put a separate power in
name, fame, fortune, and material things.
If you are so driven to achieve or attain, to the detriment

of other important areas of your life – whether it’s a drive for
success to the detriment of health or relationships, or a
compulsive need for relationships to the exclusion of doing
good works, or excessive focus on health to the detriment
of other areas, etc.
If you judge others as ‘ less than’ who aren’t hard working or

achieving what you consider success. This indicates
both a shadow around some area, such as ‘ lazy’ or ‘ failure,’
and also a sense of separation.
If you generally believe that nothing will happen if you don’t

work hard, work consistently, struggle, strive, or push. Of course
this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t work hard or that sometimes
it’s not necessary to dig in and dig deeper. But if it becomes
a compulsive habit accompanied by a fear that if you stop or
slow down everything will fall apart, you are hypnotized.
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Now this list isn’t meant to be exhaustive; there are many other
possible clues that you have been hypnotized by this spell. But it
should be enough to alert you when you have taken the bait and
are walking asleep, dreaming you’re awake.
snap out of it
Once you become aware that you’ve been hypnotized,

you can dive deeper into the process of snapping out of it.
In fact, the moment you realize you’re hypnotized, you’ve already

begun the process of awakening. And as a general practice, if you
have a daily meditation process, such as mindfulness and journal-
ing, you will create a more expansive awareness and greater do-
minion over your attention, so that you become less likely to be
hypnotized. It won’t completely inoculate you, but it will definitely
build up your immunity. In addition to, or sometimes in place of,
long meditation sittings, you can also do what I call the
‘One Minute Mystic’ process. This is about stopping throughout the
day, even every hour, to practice small mystical moments of remem-
bering who and what you really are, and what is true about you
and life.
As this becomes a habit, you create a new subjective tendency
that begins to operate in the background of your awareness, keep-
ing you open to guidance and inspiration all day long.
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A key to accelerating your awakening -- and staying awake

-- from this spell of separation is to become a student of the ‘ letter of
truth.’ This means understanding the fundamental principles of ulti-
mate reality. For example, the principle of oneness states that, because
there is only One Life, One Power, One Presence, One Substance, there
is also only One Creative Principle and One Activity – which must be
where you are.
And because the universe is progressive, tending toward great-
er and greater expansion, expression, harmony and complexity, the
nature of this One Life must be ultimately Good. This is also why
we associate Life or God with love. From this perspective, ‘God’ re-
fers to the underlying Unified Principle or Unified Field, the One
Life that created everything out of Itself and governs everything
within Itself. If this principle is true, then you must be an expres-
sion of the One Life, and therefore you are a part of this perfection.
It also means you must be one with all life, love, power, sub-
stance, and law -- there can’t be anything real separate from you.
That means you can never truly be lacking for anything or missing
anything. Right where you are, all the power, presence, substance,
life and law of the universe is. All wealth, all health, all peace,
love, joy, and power is where you are, is what you are. This is the
esoteric meaning behind the biblical passage ‘I and my father are
one…and all that the father has is mine.’ The father represents that
One Life or Creative Principle, which you are a unique individu-
alized expression of.
There is much more to the ‘ letter of truth,’ but this is a
good place to start. And as your prayerful intention becomes
‘more than I want to fix, change, heal, control, or manipulate any-
one or anything, I want to know the truth that makes me free,’
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you will cultivate the internal conditions for greater realizations

of truth, and be drawn to the perfect opportunities and resourc-
es for discovering and embodying it.
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Chapter Two

W
hat most people strive after isn’t really what they
want – which is the inner quality, the inner connec-
tion, the inner experience. What everyone is actu-
ally going for, even when they think otherwise, is a state of being,
whether that’s peace, love, joy, freedom, or fulfillment. The belief is
that we must purchase this state of being by attaining a certain level
of external wealth or things. The irony is that, for many people, the
struggle to get the outer things they believe will finally give them
the inner experience, often robs them of the very state of being they
were striving for in the first place.
The outer expressions of abundance are mere symbols of real
wealth, just as the fruit on a tree is not the wealth of the tree but an
effect of the invisible process within the tree – the real source of its
abundance. As we come to truly understand this, we no longer strive
and struggle after the outer things, the effects, but become more in-
terested and invested in the source, the real cause. Our value system
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begins to change; we don’t value ‘things’ as much as we use to. We

value people more than profits, quality over quantity, connection
versus commerce, transformation instead of transaction. When we
really know that the source of all creation is our consciousness, we
start to live in consciousness more than appearances. And there we
finally begin to find the source and substance of real fulfillment
– because that’s the only place it can be found. This world is just
a canvas upon which we are painting with the colors of our soul,
a screen upon which we are projecting the story in our heart. The
world can’t give us anything except feedback, a reflection of where
we are in consciousness. Likewise, it can’t take anything away. It’s
all within us. All of the issues of life emerge from mind or con-
sciousness. If we want more of anything, we must touch more of it
first within ourselves, then begin to generate or radiate it from our
own being.
All of the issues of life emerge from mind or consciousness.

If we want more of anything, we must touch more
of it first within ourselves, then begin
to generate or radiate it from our own being.
This is why all the great masters have taught us to make that
inner connection, whether they called it the Kingdom of Heaven,
Nirvana, the Tao, or any of the various names this inner dimension
has been given. Jesus told us to ‘take no thought for your life’ or any
of the things of life, but instead to ‘seek first the kingdom of heaven’ --
which he said was within us -- and all those other things would be
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‘added unto us.’ Buddha taught the same thing, in his own way. This
isn’t a religious teaching, it’s a perennial truth, a universal principle.
In other words, when we make that inner connection with the real
substance of life, it always takes form in our experience. But the form
is the ‘added thing,’ not the thing itself. And when we’re anchored
to the Real Thing within us, no matter what seemingly threatens,
diminishes or even destroys the outer form, we can always recreate
it out of the indestructible, incorruptible reality of our being from
which it came.
This is the real power of snapping out of this hypnotic spell.
When you believe that money and things are wealth, you must give
your power away to them. You become attached to them. And you
fear all the many ways the world can take them away. This leads to
all manner of conflict and control until we are twisted into such a
pretzel that we can barely function as the authentic brilliant mas-
terful beings we truly are. But when you understand that all those
‘outer things’ are just the fruit of an invisible principle, you know
that no matter how much you have hanging on your branches, or
how much has been eaten by the birds, blown away by the winds,
or dried out from temporary draughts, you can always generate a
whole new harvest.
Now the fact that everything ‘out there’ is nothing more
than a symbol of something real within you doesn’t make the sym-
bols bad or unimportant, it just puts them in their proper perspec-
tive. This is not such an absolutist teaching as to say that this world
doesn’t matter, that it’s nothing but an illusion and we should only
care about waking up and getting out of here! There have been
many teachings that have made this world bad and separated it from
God or Life. It’s true that the world you see, taste, touch, and sense is
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not real in the absolute sense, because it’s temporary, always chang-
ing, and everything that appears eventually disappears. But that
doesn’t mean it has no value. A painting or photograph of a person
or landscape isn’t the real person or territory, but it’s still a valuable
painting or picture as far as those things go. We can gain many things
from the capacity it gives us to slow things down, focus on the details,
discover the distinctions, and unpack different interpretations.
We can experience great joy, love, laughter, inspiration, and
enlightenment from our interaction with the world of appearanc-
es, like we can with great works of art. But while we may enjoy and
learn from a beautiful painting or powerful story, we don’t want
to lose ourselves in it or become so identified with it that we forget
who we are separate from it. You can paint a beautiful picture of a
road, but it won’t literally take you anywhere. You can snap amazing
photographs of food, but none of them will actually feed you. And
you can admire masterpieces of human portraiture, but you’ll nev-
er know true love and connection by simply staring at a picture of
someone. As with much of this work, it’s about being in the world
but not of it, enjoying all the fruits, all the outer symbols, but never
becoming attached to them or believing they are your source.
Imagine the power you could possess if you no longer believed
the outer world was your source, and no longer worried that it could
take anything away? Imagine what you would be capable of if you no
longer wasted time and energy in struggling for the outer symbols,
defending what you had, fearing its loss, or fighting to get it back?
Imagine who you could become if you knew that all wealth
and abundance was within you, infinite, inexhaustible, and uncon-
ditional, merely awaiting your activation and expression. This is not
only possible, it’s how you were designed to live!
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Imagine who you could become if you knew that

all wealth and abundance was within you, infinite,
inexhaustible, and unconditional, merely awaiting your
activation and expression. This is not only possible,
it’s how you were designed to live!
You judge how much you have, or what you’re

capable of doing, based on your bank balance.
You are willing to sacrifice your authentic values, and/or the

things and people that truly matter to you, for some level of
name, fame, or fortune.
You are willing to sacrifice your true calling, your deeper pur-
pose, the work you most want to do, for a job or opportunity
that only brings you money. This can be as extreme as not go-
ing for your dreams because you don’t believe you can make a
living at it, to compromising your true vision on any level be-
cause you are afraid it will cause you to lose or never get the
opportunities you desire. (This doesn’t mean you don’t some-
times have to work a ‘regular job,’ or work part of the time to
pay the bills so you can use the rest of your time to pursue your
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passion. That’s a perfectly legitimate path. The key is that you

don’t let your pursuit of money or security replace the pursuit
of your deeper purpose.
You are willing to lie, cheat, steal, or harm someone or some-

thing in order to get some level of name, fame, or fortune.
(This can be as simple as cheating on your taxes, lying on
your resume, or emotionally betraying someone to get what
you want.)
You are willing to be disrespected or mistreated on some

level, in order to maintain your outer source of safety, secu-
rity, support, or supply. (This includes staying in a job that
treats you badly, or at least not speaking up and trying to
change it, or putting up with unloving or unkind behavior
from a spouse, parent, or partner, in order to not lose them
as your source of something.)
You find your sense of safety or security in the things of the

world. For instance, you have a job or savings account and,
therefore, feel financially secure. Or you have a home and
spouse and feel safe and supported. This doesn’t mean it’s
wrong to have these things, but you must check yourself on
a regular basis to see if you have begun to lean on these out-
er things and become complacent in your inner work to an-
chor yourself in the real source. You don’t want to lean on a
resource, you want to lean on the Source. If you are finding
safety, security, and satisfaction in the things of the world,
you have made them your god. And when you make any-
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thing outside of you your source, the universe is set up to

fail you, so that you can come back to your true source within
and live an authentic, empowered, purposeful life.
You are putting your real life on the layaway plan, waiting for
some future condition when you will have ‘enough’ of what
ever you think you need (time, money, ability, relationships)
to go for what you really want, be who you really are, and ful
fill the deeper reason you’re here. The only reason you would
do this is because you believe some outer symbol is the source.
When you know that the source of all abundance – an abun
dance of time, money, ability, love, etc. – is within you, then t
here’s nothing to wait for.
You admire or value people with a lot of outer symbols of

wealth – name, fame, or fortune – more than you admire
or value people who have mostly an abundance of inner re
sources. When you think of the most successful people on the
planet or throughout history, the criteria tends to be more
material and external rather than spiritual and internal.
To be clear, I am not saying it is wrong to have an outer goal of

name, fame, or fortune. The problem comes when you believe that
the outer goal is the source of your inner well-being and fulfillment,
or when you pursue it to the detriment of your inner connection to
the real source of creation. As long as your primary goal is to have
an ever-deeper connection to the real source of abundance and pow-
er within you – to live in peace, love, joy, and gratitude regardless of
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conditions – then you can absolutely have a big outer goal that you
are working towards.
Your deepest devotion, investment, priority, and attach-
ment must remain on the inner goal, the inner connection, the
‘peace that passes all human understanding.’ Because if you have
that, you have the real thing, the real wealth, and it will appear
outwardly as the ‘added things.’ But if you pursue the outer things
and lose that inner connection, no matter how much you get ‘out
there,’ you will be in poverty. This is the meaning of the ancient
text, ‘ for what does it profit a man if he gains the world but loses his
soul.’ All you end up with is a gallery full of pictures and none of the
real things of life. Those pictures won’t feed you, comfort you, hold
your hand, or love you. You will wander the gallery of your mind, star-
ing at one-dimensional images of reality, lost, alone, broke, and broken.
I know that’s harsh, but that’s the truth, that’s the master teaching.

snap out of it
So what can you do to snap out of this hypnotic spell?
As with all of these, there are the staples of waking up: a daily
practice of meditation, prayer, affirmation, journaling, inspiration-
al reading, moment to moment mindfulness, the one minute mys-
tic, and studying the letter of truth. As these things become a way
of life, you become a candidate for real revelation, real insight into
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the ultimate nature of life. Beyond that, there is a fun and powerful
practice for building your awareness of the real wealth behind the
symbols of wealth, what I call ‘mastering the energy of money.’
Mastering the Energy of Money
In this simple exercise, every time you participate in a transaction,

instead of focusing on the money being exchanged – whether you’re
giving or receiving – bring your attention to the energy behind the
exchange. For example, if you’re filling your car with gas (or whatever
fuel you prefer, including electricity), contemplate all the many people
and aspects of creation that went into bringing that fuel to you. The
attendees at the filling station, the people who built that station, the
truck drivers that delivered the gas or other fuels, the business people
who manage all the administrative details, the executives who run the
companies involved, and all the many industries and resources and
people that are required to find and extract the oil, build and run the
refineries or power stations, mine the raw materials that are turned
into all the equipment, and even all the farmers and grocers that har-
vest and sell the food that feeds all these people! Expanding even fur-
ther, you begin to realize that all of nature, indeed the whole universe,
has conspired in a grand circle of life to bring this fuel to you.
As you bring all of this into your awareness, consciously give
thanks to everyone and everything that is part of this circle of life,
love, support, and supply. Bless it all. Feel the perfection of it all. Feel
and sense how there really is only one life and one omni-activity ap-
pearing as the many expressions of diversity. Allow yourself to expand
into a sense of awe and wonder at it all. Breathe and let that feeling
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expand to fill your being. Let it loosen any places where you might
feel separate, where you are holding on, believing you are in control.
Breathe and receive this enormous gift of grace that life is, recog-
nizing that you didn’t personally do anything to earn all of this,
and there’s no way you ever could. You didn’t set all the systems up
that allow this fuel to get to you. You didn’t create those farms or
raise those farmers or teach those truck drivers or drill for oil or
mine the raw materials. It wasn’t your time, energy, or education
that made all that happen. No single person, no matter how bril-
liant they are, could ever begin to create, master, or manage such
a diverse, complex system – all of which is required to deliver that
fuel to you. Only grace has made it so.
As you rest in this grace, turn your attention now to all the
ways this fuel serves you, your family, friends, and loved ones. See all
the possibilities it gives you.
You can drive to a job that employees you, pick up your chil-
dren from school, take your family on a fun vacation, explore and
experience the world, deliver your gifts, and so much more. Ex-
pand your vision to imagine all the ripple effects of your activities.
For example, because you can bring your child to school, they can
become an educated citizen who then goes out into the world and
adds their contribution. Because you can go to work, you can give
gifts that help all the people your business serves and earn mon-
ey to support your family and all their endeavors. If you run out
of ways this fuel blesses you, imagine all the other ways it blesses,
allowing firefighters, police officers, paramedics, and other service
people to help those in need, save lives, and keep the peace. Truly
the blessings of this one thing are far and wide.
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As you imagine all these different benefits, allow yourself to

feel the qualities of it – the love, peace, joy, inspiration, gratitude. Re-
ally feel it all. Feel how abundant and blessed you are. Breathe and let
that energy expand to fill your entire body, then breathe and radiate it
out to the world, blessing everyone and everything.
Feel how the more you pay attention to it and share it, the
more of this feeling and energy you have. That feeling tone of abun-
dance and gratitude and joy is the real activity of wealth within you.
And as you practice this process, you will start to fall more in love
with the energy and qualities behind the outer symbols, until that’s
where you are predominantly living. When you live more in the in-
visible energy of life, you have more and more access to the real sub-
stance of all creation – and your outer world expands to express this
unlimited abundance.
Now this was just one small area of your life, the fuel you put
in your car. You could do it around the food that fuels your body, the
books, programs, and other things that feed your mind, and anything
else that nourishes your heart and soul or those you love.
There is virtually no end to how many ways you can practice
tapping into the energy of abundance behind every form and experi-
ence. And as you do this, you turn every transaction into a potential
transformation. You become free of attachment to the outer things
and a wide-open channel for a never-ending flow of good in your life.

Chapter Three
Hypnotic Wealth Spell #3

Awakened Wealth Truth: You Have to Ask to Receive
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his has caused so much pain and frustration, as sincere
seekers have put their life on the layaway plan think-
ing they couldn’t go for what they wanted until they
believed in themselves or the goal enough – in other words, until
they felt ‘good about it,’ ‘worthy of it,’ ‘confident they could do it,’ or
at least not afraid. While our state of feeling and belief is certainly
a powerful force, it isn’t necessary in order to go for what we want,
ask for what we want, or in many cases actually get what we want.
Often just acting or asking opens the channels for receiving, or ac-
tivates an inner feeling that starts generating the necessary energy
to bring it to fruition. Snapping out of this hypnotic spell will free
you from this waiting game and get you into bold action toward
your vision of awakened wealth.
The first layer of conditioning that has bred this limited per-
ception is the idea that our feelings or emotions have power over
us and determine what we do. It’s an easy assumption to make. Af-
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ter all, it does appear to be the case. If we don’t feel motivated to do

something, we usually don’t do it, and if we do feel motivated we
are more likely to take action. If we feel confident about some activ-
ity, we are more likely to engage in it and take more risks that lead
to growth than if we lack confidence in that activity. This is what
leads to the confidence-competence loop, where we experience posi-
tive feedback from doing something and getting better at it, lead-
ing to a level of confidence that motivates us to take more action,
developing more competence, in an upward spiral. Conversely, if we
don’t feel confident in something, we stop taking progressive action,
get worse at it or never develop skill, leading to less competence, less
confidence, less action, in a downward spiral that leads to a belief
that we lack any capacity in that area.
While the confidence-competence loop is useful in creating
this upward momentum, it’s not necessary to first feel confident to get
started. In fact, the tendency to let our feelings determine what we
do or don’t do is categorized as a cognitive disorder called ‘emotional
reasoning.’ And unfortunately, a vast majority of people suffer from it.
The truth, however, is that our feelings don’t determine our action at
all. They have no power over us whatsoever, except the power we have
been giving them. Our emotions also don’t tell us the truth, they tell
us what we believe is true. They are a reaction to our thoughts about
something. That’s a useful guidance system to what we believe, espe-
cially if the belief is creating emotional pain. It’s also a powerful way
to know when we are out of alignment or in alignment with our
deepest truth. When you’re in alignment, you feel good. When you’re
out of alignment, you tend to feel bad.
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So how can we begin to prove to ourselves that our

emotions or feelings don’t determine what we can or can’t do?
Simply by doing the thing we are committed to or want to do re-

gardless of how we feel and seeing that, in fact, we can do it.
Simply by doing the thing we are committed

to or want to do regardless of how we feel
and seeing that, in fact, we can do it.
I have demonstrated this many times with clients. I will have

someone tell me that they couldn’t write their book because they
just weren’t inspired, or worse they were ‘paralyzed with fear.’ First,
I would playfully tease them, asking something like ‘Oh my god,
how did you get out of paralysis? Did you have to call the paramed-
ics and get a shot or something?’ They would usually get the joke or
respond that they weren’t literally paralyzed. I would remind them
that the words they tell themselves are a form of auto-suggestion
that can actually hypnotize them -- like the hypnotist telling the
volunteer that their arm is so heavy they can’t lift it.
I would then show them how they could snap out of this
form of self-hypnosis by simply doing the thing they don’t feel
like they can. For instance, I would invite them to open up their
computer and start writing for a few minutes -- and sure enough
they would begin to write, often getting quite involved in it. I
would then stop them and proclaim that a miracle has occurred!
They would, again, usually get the joke. And they would also
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start to understand how it was never their emotions that stopped

them, it was simply that they didn’t do the thing. That’s it. I have
proven this over and over, from household chores, to creative proj-
ects, to exercise or spiritual practice. Regardless of whether they
‘ felt like it,’ they were still able to do the task before them. Even
more encouraging, often when they did the action, they activated
the feeling – revealing the key principle of emergence, which is
‘Whatever’s missing is what we’re not giving.’ We are divine power
plants, and a power plant doesn’t receive energy – or even have en-
ergy – it generates it.
‘Whatever’s missing is what we’re not giving.’ We are divine

power plants, and a power plant doesn’t receive energy
– or even have energy – it generates it.
Perhaps this all seems obvious. But the implications of being

able to do what you want, regardless of how you feel about it, can be
one of the most liberating realizations leading to a whole new lev-
el of productivity and empowerment. But this is just the beginning
of this insight. Often, even when we understand that our emotions
don’t determine our actions, we still think that our beliefs deter-
mine our experience. Now, to be exact, our beliefs do have a tremen-
dous impact on our experience. A belief is a composite of thoughts
that form a specific paradigm, like one of those filters on the end of
a pasta maker that determines in what form the pasta comes out.
Our beliefs filter ultimate reality in all of its infinite potential, de-
termining how much or how little of life we allow in or out, and in
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what form. But we are not our beliefs and are not at the effect of
them. This means that even when we have limited beliefs that are
hard to overcome, we can begin to override them by acting accord-
ing to our vision regardless of our belief. Our actions then become
like affirmations in work clothes – what I call ‘Active believing,’
akin to active imagination -- generating new energy that accelerates
our more empowered belief or completely shatters the old one.
‘Active believing,’ akin to active imagination -- generating

new energy that accelerates our more empowered belief
or completely shatters the old one.
When the ancient spiritual texts say ‘Ask and you shall re-
ceive,’ it’s pointing us to this powerful principle. The reason this
works is because everything is already here, already happening, in
the quantum field or spiritual reality. Even more, it’s actively seek-
ing to find outlets for its expression. So the act of ‘asking’ opens the
channel to receive what is always being given. The other scriptur-
al quotes that are similarly pointing to this principle are ‘Seek and
you shall find…knock and the door shall be opened.’ All of these are
illustrating a practice for making ourselves available to the good
that is always trying to flow to and through us, but we have to
open the channel by ‘asking, seeking, and knocking.’
The second layer of conditioning we have to address and re-
lease is the teaching of many spiritual, self-help, and new thought
practices, which puts a great emphasis on the fact that our thoughts
and beliefs create our reality. While this is true, it’s also misleading.
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First, it’s not just our thoughts and beliefs that create our reality, it is
the activity of our consciousness to be more specific. And our con-
sciousness includes thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and actions. All of that
is within the realm of our consciousness. And, as already stated, when
we use our actions as moving affirmations or active believing, we
stimulate consciousness and accelerate our expanded beliefs. But the
more important distinction here is that, while our thoughts and be-
liefs create our experience of reality, they don’t prevent us from think-
ing, and ultimately acting, independently of our thoughts and beliefs
– because we are not our thoughts and beliefs. We have the capacity
of metacognition, which means our ability to think about what we’re
thinking about. So regardless of what we think or believe or even
what appears possible, with expanded awareness, we can choose to
act in alignment with our higher vision, activate higher vibrational
feelings, and move out of those limited perceptions.
The biggest side effect of all the teachings on how our be-
liefs create our reality is that it has inadvertently made us victims
of our current mindset, causing us to think we can’t create a new
reality until we believe and feel it. So like the emotional reason-
ing disorder, we fall prey to an equivalent mental disorder, a ‘ be-
lief reasoning’ if you will. We look within ourselves and see that
we don’t believe we’re worth charging more for our services, which
generates a feeling of unworthiness and perhaps fear, sadness, etc.
We then see and feel this and say to ourselves, ‘Well, I guess I’m
not ready to…ask for the promotion…raise my prices…start this proj-
ect…ask this person out…I’ ll have to do more work on my thoughts,
beliefs, and feelings, until I feel and believe I am worthy and capa-
ble…then I’ ll take that action.’ This leads to the legions of navel
gazing aspirants on the path – or I should say sitting on the side
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of the path – praying, affirming, and waiting for their beliefs and
feelings to be at a certain level before they can start moving to-
ward what they really want.
Maybe that’s you. Maybe you’ve been doing all this inner
work, going to classes, reading books, trying to build that inner
sense of confidence and belief in yourself or your dream, in order
to finally take bold action toward it. If so, I have some really good
news: you can stop waiting now! The truth is that whatever you’re
waiting for, you’re waiting with and often weighing it down.
The truth is that whatever you’re waiting for,

you’re waiting with and often weighing it down.
Life, God, the universe is not saying ‘I would really love to

give you everything, but you just need to believe more.’ Yes, belief
and feeling are key elements, but in the absence of them, your ac-
tion can begin the cycle of activation that opens you to the high-
er energies, ideas, insights, and ultimately expanded beliefs and
feelings. That’s why I say that this work is the Ultimate Wait Loss
Program! Life isn’t holding anything back from us, we are holding
ourselves back from life – because we have been hypnotized into
believing we have to be more, feel more, and believe more before
we can ask, seek, knock, and act from our highest vision. But not
you, not now, not anymore – you are snapping out of this hypnot-
ic spell and stepping onto the path of real progress.
One personal story really brought this truth home for me.
I had taken a consulting job for a writing project and at the end
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of the job, the client wanted me to rewrite the whole project. Up

to that point, I had charged a certain amount, based on what I felt
I could realistically get, but I aspired to raise my rates to the mar-
ket value for a professional of a higher caliber. I didn’t think I could
raise my prices because inside I didn’t believe I could get it or that
I was truly worth it. I was also afraid I would lose business if I
charged too much. At the same time, however, I felt this deep desire
to increase my rates. So I worked on my belief: praying, affirming,
meditating, visualizing, doing all manner of things to think and feel
like a person who charged that higher rate. Despite all these efforts,
however, I was still scared to charge it, I just didn’t feel confident.
Then this opportunity came. There I was, standing with this
client, who had just offered me this job to rewrite his project, and
the big question came: “How much will it cost?” I paused a beat, feel-
ing my desire to charge more, being choked by my fear of blowing
this opportunity. But something in me -- maybe inspiration or just
a moment of boldness -- caused me to blurt out the number I re-
ally wanted. Instantly I regretted it. Inside I was freaking out: “How
could you do that? That was so stupid. He’s never going to give you
that, you just blew this job.” Meanwhile, outside I remained calm-
looking, as he stared at me, then down at his papers for what seemed
like an eternity. “Oh, man, I am so greedy, I can’t believe I did that,”
my self-talk continued. “Why didn’t I just quote my normal price, it’s
too late to take it back now, I’ ll just look desperate.” I was a mess! In-
side I was wilting.
Then he looked back up at me, extended his hand, and said,
“Okay, I’ ll have my office cut you a check at the end of the week.” I
shook his hand, somewhat in shock. And that was that. I had the
job, at the price I wanted, without believing I could. I nodded calmly
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-- as if this was something I did every day -- then showed myself

out, got in my car, drove about a block, and proceeded to scream
like a teenage girl at a rock concert! I couldn’t believe what just
happened. It didn’t make sense. How could I receive so much when
I didn’t believe it or feel it – when in fact I felt and believed the op-
posite! I contemplated it all the way home, as I also fantasized how
I would spend my newfound fortune. What I realized was that the
work I had done had not been for nothing. It had built up an inner
pressure. It was valuable. But the inner work alone wasn’t enough,
and as long as I stayed merely in the realm of the theoretical, pray-
ing, affirming, and waiting for magic to happen, I was stagnating
or more likely becoming spiritually and energetically constipated.
I realized that the real breakthrough I was seeking couldn’t happen
until I acted upon the vision as if it were already true. That was the
missing piece.
I realized that the real breakthrough

I was seeking couldn’t happen until I acted
upon the vision as if it were already true.
That was the missing piece.
And after that, I began to practice it more and more, and be-
gan to experience the fruition of many of the things I had mere-
ly been praying, affirming, and hoping for. I had finally replaced
my wishbone with a real backbone. I had lost all the ‘wait’ and had
real momentum at last!
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You have a deep desire to do something, say something, create

or contribute something (have important conversations, start
a project or business, ask for a raise, raise your prices, ask your
spouse for something), but you’re waiting to feel good enough,
strong enough, talented enough, or at least not
so scared, intimidated or unworthy.
Other people give you positive feedback and encourage you to

pursue something, and/or offer you opportunities, and your
response is to deflect, delay, procrastinate or outright reject
the opportunity. Worst case, you even find yourself trying to
talk them out of their positive perspective of you.
You hear yourself saying, internally or out loud, that you need
to do more research, study more, or improve more before you
are ready to pursue the thing you truly want. This doesn’t
mean you don’t need to study, improve, or get support, but if
this has been a chronic story keeping you from stepping out –
you’ve been hypnotized!
You are a perpetual student, always taking classes and ‘prepar-

ing’ to someday be enough, know enough, or have enough to be
worthy, credible, and ready for the thing you want (more mon-
ey, a better job, a new business, more clients, etc.). Again, this
doesn’t mean you shouldn’t keep learning, growing, studying –
I’m a perpetual student myself, always reading new books
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and taking new programs – but if you’re not also taking pro-
gressive actions toward your vision, you might be hypnotized.
Anytime you hear yourself saying or thinking, ‘someday

when…I will…’
You find yourself judging others who seem to be average or

lack confidence, but still get the great job, the great date, and
seem to have all the breaks. This is a projection of your ‘ light
shadow,’ your disowned power and potential.
You feel jealous or envious of others who are confident and

pursuing their dreams – they just seem to have it all together.
This is another example of the light shadow projection.
You are doing the inner work, praying, affirming, meditating,

visualizing, and then waiting for something magical to happen,
instead of taking continuous action in the direction of
your vision.
Generally, any time you truly want to pursue something, raise your
prices, ask for a raise, start an important project, or put yourself out
there in a newer, bigger way, but you’re waiting to feel ‘ready,’ ‘safe,’
‘confident,’ ‘good enough,’ or to not feel fear, doubt, worry, or uncer-
tainty, you might be caught in this hypnotic spell. (Again, this doesn’t
mean you shouldn’t be prepared, study, develop yourself, do your
research, do your due diligence, get support, and strive for excellence --
but if you’re doing your best in these areas and still waiting to feel a
certain way before you go for it, you might be under this spell.)
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snap out of it
The process for snapping out of this hypnotic spell

includes all the foundational practices already mentioned.
That’s a given, that a way of life you want to cultivate to build up

greater immunity to these spells. Also, the expanded awareness that
this new knowledge is creating in you is already waking you up and
setting you progressively free. But there is more you can, and must
do, to wake up from this hypnotic spell. And it’s summed up in the
iconic advertising slogan of Nike: Just do it!
As it becomes a regular practice to go for what you really want, re-
gardless of whether you believe you can, and you start seeing the posi-
tive results, you develop a mental/emotional habit. You may still feel
the fear or lack of confidence, but you start to know it doesn’t matter.
Your experience of ‘ feeling the fear and doing it anyway,’ builds a
real wisdom that overrides your mental and emotional patterns.
You also start to understand that fear, doubt, and a lack of confi-
dence are not necessarily signs of neurosis or evidence that you’re not
ready, they’re simply the energetic signals that arise when you are at
the threshold of new growth – and the mind has been conditioned to
label them as bad or dangerous.
In fact, having too much confidence in the absence of experience
can be a detriment to your continual development. In studies of
people in the U.S., it’s been shown that in certain areas people rank
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themselves much higher than their actual skill levels are, and that
consequently this false sense of confidence leads to less motiva-
tion and openness to growth and improvement, or even accidents,
product defects, and malpractice. In other words, false confidence
breeds apathy, laziness, mediocrity, and stagnation.
I know that the guidance to ‘ just do it’ sounds simplistic,
but one of the things you’re hopefully realizing as we go through
these, is that our thoughts, beliefs, and feelings don’t have any real
power over us, and our capacity to move and change the energy
in our lives is much greater than we know. Regardless of what we
think, believe, or feel, if we just take positive productive action in
the direction of our dreams, we can begin to activate the energy,
inspiration, and transformation that we’ve been waiting for.
I’m not saying we don’t need to work on the inner world –
obviously that’s critical – but because of our metacognition (our
ability to think and act independently of our thoughts and feel-
ings) we don’t have to put our life on the layaway plan for some
internal or external change to ‘ be the change’ we want to see in
the world.

Chapter Four

Awakened Wealth Truth: You Must Expand In The Face of
Contraction/Limitation
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o ‘adapt’ to something, from the definition, is to ‘adjust,
confirm, or fit into’ some new condition. In its most basic
sense, it is a capacity we have to cope and survive against
all odds. In our evolutionary history, when the weather turned
harsh, our ability to find shelter, create protective clothing, and
store food were adaptive abilities that allowed our species to stay
alive. Evolution is the story of how things learned to adapt in order
to survive, and how that drove change and growth in certain areas.
And it’s a good thing we had this capacity. It was a necessary mech-
anism to increase the chances that this human experiment would
work out. But natural evolution can only take us so far. Its purpose
was not necessarily progress but protection. It was more about sur-
viving than truly thriving. This is especially important for species
without the capacity to think independently of their circumstances,
something only humans seem to have. But for humans, the natu-
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ral flow of evolution and adaptation is not enough. Worse, the very
thing that helped us survive now puts us on the brink of extinction
-- if not literal death than at least stagnation of our true potential.
The process of adapting is about survival, it’s not about real
progress, real innovation -- that is something we must embrace
consciously. We must co-create with life to bring forth our true po-
tential; it won’t just happen. The problem is that we have been so
conditioned to adapt that it’s hard to override this impulse. When
conditions contract, our tendency is to merely problem solve or
shrink to fit the problem. If we lose our job, we fall into surviv-
al mode, seeing it as a bad thing, cut back, become less creative,
and simply try to find a new job. It seems perfectly logical, and it is
logical, but it’s not progressive and it won’t lead to a greater, more
abundant expression of life. From a spiritual evolutionary perspec-
tive, adapting is the worse thing we can do. When we adapt in the
face of limited conditions, we shrink the channels of our capacity
and end up smaller on the other side.
When we adapt in the face of limited conditions,

we shrink the channels of our capacity
and end up smaller on the other side.
This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t adjust, be flexible, and

do what we need to in a survival situation, but it does mean we
shouldn’t shrink to fit the limited conditions that face us, which
is often what ‘adapt to circumstances’ looks like for people. A reces-
sion hits and we ‘cut back,’ not only in our circulation of supply,
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but in our vision of possibility. The result: on the other side of the
limited condition, we are smaller, mentally, emotionally, energeti-
cally, and often financially. The Awakened Wealth truth, however,
is quite different. It states that we must ‘expand in the face of con-
traction,’ which activates a powerful evolutionary force within us
that uses the limited experience to make us bigger and stronger,
able to carry more energy.
We must ‘expand in the face of contraction,’

which activates a powerful evolutionary force within
us that uses the limited experience to make us bigger
and stronger, able to carry more energy.
On the other side of that, we are now able to generate and

circulate more of this vital energy of abundance.
The challenge, of course, is that this goes against most of
our instincts, which have been geared toward preventing more
loss and staying alive. It makes perfect sense that if there is a
sudden shortage of food or water, we should cut back on our
consumption and ration our supply for survival. I’m not saying
there is never an appropriate time to manage our resources ac-
cording to conditions. But if that’s all we do, we are never go-
ing to get stronger or more resourceful – for example, building a
better system for sustainable water and food supply. The awak-
ened wealth approach, coming from the premise that life hap-
pens through us not to us, looks at the limited condition and
asks “How do I need to grow to become an even bigger channel in
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this situation? What’s the opportunity for growth, expansion, and

new possibilities in this situation?”
Remember, all of infinite potential is locked up within you,
so if you want more to come into your life, you must find a way to
let more life come out of you. It doesn’t matter what the outer
circumstances are, they have no power to determine what you
can create and contribute. Your potential is always greater than
the problem. All power, all supply, truly everything that you
could ever need, is within you. If you shrink to fit a condition,
then you constrict the channel through which the solution and
evolution can flow. If you expand in the face of contraction,
and become a big enough, strong enough channel, you become
the answer you’re looking for – and probably the answer many
people are looking for – regardless of outer limitations. A pow-
erful poem by Robert Browning, The Imprisoned Splendor,
speaks to this:
Truth is within ourselves; it takes no rise

from outward things, whatever you may believe.
There is an inmost center in us all,
Where truth abides in fullness; and around,
Wall upon wall, the gross flesh hems it in,
This perfect, clear perception which is truth.
A baffling and perverting carnal mesh
Binds it, and makes all error: and, to KNOW,
Rather consists in opening out a way
When the imprisoned splendor may escape,
Than in effecting an entry for a light
Supposed to be without.
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As this poem expresses, life is not happening to you, it’s happening

through you. The answers aren’t out there, they’re within. And the
whole universe is set up to support you in uncovering and express-
ing more of this imprisoned splendor. So the limited situations are
not appearing to make you smaller or weaker, they’re happening to
make you bigger and stronger.
There are many examples in life and nature that reveal this
principle. When you begin exercising to become more fit, you don’t
lower the weight merely to what you can easily adapt to and handle,
you raise the weight beyond your capacity, so that it tears your mus-
cles and makes you stronger. And if you can lift a certain weight,
let’s say for ten reps, where does all the growth happen? On the elev-
enth rep. As you stretch beyond your known capacity, it activates
the growth process, creating new tissues, activating new potential.
The same is true in every area of your life, including your capacity
for creating more wealth and abundance.
People who are successful in the stock market understand
this principle, if only instinctual. When the market seems to be going
down, and everyone else is selling stocks and running away, the savvy
investor doesn’t shrink to fit that situation, they start bargain shop-
ping. When housing prices go down, the unknowledgeable sell while
the wise investors buy. The average person buys high (when prices are
going up) and sells low (when prices decline), while the smart money-
makers buy low (when everyone else is selling) and sell high (when ev-
eryone else is buying). That’s why during the down markets, the rich
get richer and the poor get poorer. The wise investor doesn’t merely
adapt, they expand to embrace the larger possibilities.
You can take this same principle of ‘ buy low, sell high’ and
apply it to any area of life. When a relationship is struggling, let’s
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say because one partner is angry or unhappy with the other, the
natural human response is to react by defending, attacking, with-
drawing, or even leaving. This is shrinking to fit, lowering their
emotional, mental, spiritual, and energetic setpoint to the level of
the partner – they ‘sell’ when things go down. But the savvy part-
ner does the opposite: when there’s a low point in the relationship
or their partner, they expand in the face of it and bring an in-
crease of love, wisdom, service, energy, etc. – they ‘ buy’ or invest
more when things go down. I’m not saying this is easy. You might
have to dig deeper in yourself, release resistance and fear, heal old
wounds. But the key is that during the low or contracted points,
you bring more of yourself, not less. And when the high point
comes again, if not before, you reap the rewards. This is the deep-
er meaning of Jesus’ statement, ‘turn the other cheek.’ Contrary to
some interpretations, this doesn’t mean to let someone hit you on
the other side of the face! It means to return a different, higher en-
ergy than the one you received; to return love for hate, peace for
chaos, or give when someone is trying to take.
We can see this same principle play out in business. When
everyone else is watching the clock, trying to make sure they don’t
give more time than they’re being paid for, it’s the one who shows up
early and leaves late that ultimately gets promoted. When the boss is
not appreciating the employees or is more of a dominating, control-
ling type, it’s the employee that focuses on how they can serve and
add value to the boss or company who gets noticed by the boss and
ultimately treated better. In fact, Stephen Covey, author of the
classic The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People called this being a
‘trim tab.’ A trim tab is the small rudder that moves the big rudder
on a ship. It appears to be very tiny compared to the large rudder,
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and especially to the ship, but it’s actually what moves the whole
thing. He gave an example of a person in a company who could have
easily felt like they had little power in the face of the hierarchical
structure, but who nonetheless decided to give their all, give their
best, and continuously add value. The result was that they eventu-
ally rose to the top, while the others who were just ‘giving as good as
they got’ remained stuck at their level or worse.
There are examples of this in nature as well. Certain plants
require rough soil to activate their potential. When the ground gets
hard and rocky, they don’t just give up, give in, or lower their abil-
ity to grow based on the harsh condition – they activate certain en-
zymes that develop thicker bark and a heartier system that allows
them to thrive in those conditions. They dig deep and come out the
other side more than they were before the challenge. This is what
all great individuals have done, whether it’s athletes, politicians,
artists, entrepreneurs, or spiritual leaders. The ones that rise to the
top don’t adapt, they expand, they dig deeper, they demand more of
themselves, they look for the blessing, the lesson, the opportunity to
become more than they ever thought possible.
The ones that rise to the top don’t adapt, they expand,
they dig deeper, they demand more of themselves,
they look for the blessing, the lesson, the opportunity
to become more than they ever thought possible.
This isn’t to say that there’s never a time to ‘sell on the down-
swing’ or adapt temporarily until you have the strength or resources
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to expand. But it should be the exception to the rule, not the pre-
dominant strategy that governs your life.
One biblical story that beautifully illustrates this princi-
ple is Joseph. God had given him a powerful vision, but when Jo-
septh shared it, his brothers were jealous and sold him into slavery.
While a servant, he could have been angry, bitter, shrank his po-
tential, and given up on his dreams. Instead he began to give more,
give excellence, and expand his capacities. As a result, he become
well loved and well treated. Unfortunately, the master’s wife took
a liking to him, and when he didn’t bow to all her inappropriate
demands, she framed him and he went to prison. Again, he could
have been bitter, shriveled up into an angry, resentful man, but he
expanded in the face of this limitation and rose to a prominent
position of authority in the prison. This led to him meeting and
counseling the Pharaoh’s cook, who had been imprisoned tempo-
rarily. The cook told Joseph of a dream the Pharaoh had, which Jo-
seph interpreted to mean that there was going to be a great famine.
When this got back to the Pharaoh, he acted on the
dream, storing food and water and wild stock. And when the
famine hit, because of Joseph’s interpretation, the land was saved
and Joseph was made the right hand of the Pharaoh, becoming
the second most powerful man in the known world. In the end,
Joseph’s brothers were brought before him and were convinced
he would have them executed for their crime. But Joseph has so
developed his ability to ‘turn the other cheek’ and give a high-
er, better energy, that he pardoned them and left them with the
statement, ‘Man may have meant it for evil, but God meant it for
good,’ essentially saying that everything was conspiring so that
Joseph could fulfill his purpose and save the land, his original vi-
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sion. Such is the power of expanding in the face of contraction in-

stead of shrinking to fit the situation. Had he shrunk, that might
have been the end of the known world.
I have practiced this principle in numerous arenas, using it
to rise quickly to higher positions where I was seen as a leader. But
there was one specific moment when this principle came home to
me in an area that had often made me shrink. It was during a reces-
sion, and it had hit people pretty hard, including some of my clients.
Business has gone down and there was a general sense of fear and
lack in the air. In fact, friends were losing their jobs, their homes,
and much of the conversation was around how we needed to cut
back, lower our expectations, buckle down and ride out the storm.
For a while, I unconsciously got swept up in this trend of thought.
Then one day, while sitting out in the sun, contemplating the possi-
bility of cutting back our budget, including reducing our charitable
giving, something just wasn’t sitting right with me. So I went into
meditation, and a thought suddenly struck me: “If it’s true that I’m a
unique expression of infinite being, with unlimited power, supply, and
intelligence, why would I ever adapt to a limited situation? There is no
spiritual principle to support that. In fact, all truth principle speaks to
the fact that conditions have no power, that all power and substance is
within me. So rather than adapting to this situation, the call is to ex-
pand in the face of it and prove the principle of infinite abundance.”
This insight was powerful. I could feel the shift inside me. A
new energy emerged, and with it the decision that, not only would
I not reduce my charitable contributions, I would increase them. I
would expand in the face of this contraction, stretch my channel
and my capacity for giving and generating abundance. It was a little
scary, but the truth was clear, I couldn’t deny it. So I doubled my
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contributions, expanded my vision, and dug in to be and do

and create even more. As a result, on the other side of the re-
cession, where friends and colleagues had significantly down-
sized their business or lost their jobs or homes, I had nearly
doubled my income, had many new opportunities, and felt
more empowered, inspired, and abundant than ever before.
Your normal reaction to people mistreating you is to

either defend, attack, or shrink – in other words to
‘give as good as you get.’
You let your bank account, current income, family

budget, or economy determine what vision you have
and what you are willing to go for. (If your reaction
to this is something like ‘well, yeah, that’s just being
smart, that’s just common sense’ then you are definitely
under this spell!)
You let external conditions determine what you will or

won’t do. For example, you have plans to do some out
door activity and the weather changes (becomes too
hot or cold), so you cancel the plans. Sure, some-
times it’s impossible to do the thing, but how do you
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react? Do you just give up or do you ask expansive ques-

tions and find the next best, or even better, possibility? It’s
often more about the energy you give as a response than
just the action -- because your energy, or consciousness, is
often the first step in expanding.
When times get tough financially, your first response is always

to cut back and ‘budget’ rather than to expand and find ways to
earn more.
When you hit a wall with a creative project, your response is

to want to give up, withdraw, or just try to get past it, rath-
er than looking for new, more innovative ideas. Some of the
greatest breakthroughs and innovations have come from
someone hitting a major block or setback and using it to dig
deeper, stretch further, and ask bigger, better questions.
When you’re talking with others about problems with your-

self, them, or the world, you tend to commiserate around how
bad things are, instead of offering up ideas for how to make
things better.
Overall, you view challenges, setbacks, and unexpected

change as a bad thing. And your emotional default when situ-
ations don’t work out is to either blame someone or something
outside of you, feel sorry for yourself, feel like a failure or a
victim, and then contract, withdrawal, or shrink.

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snap out of it
So how do you snap out of this hypnotic spell?
Besides the foundational suggestions I’ve given for the other hyp-
notic spells, this one is about the practice of stretching yourself
beyond your comfort zone, giving more than you are getting, and
continuing to go for your big vision regardless of conditions. As
you do this, you will invariably come up against all the reasons
why you can’t do it, don’t want to do it, or feel it’s not fair that you
have to! The mental patterns of lack, limitation, and feeling like a
victim will most assuredly be stirred to the surface, as will the un-
digested emotions from past wounds. And then your work will be
to address those, to dive more deeply into the letter of truth until
it’s more real to you than the experience, and to feel your feeling
fully until they have run their course and released. This is not for
the faint of heart!
This means you can’t wait for it to feel safe, secure, comfort-
able or convenient. You must be brave, have courage, and become
a hero to yourself.
It didn’t feel safe or secure for me to double my charitable contri-
butions when the economy turned. It didn’t feel comfortable for
me to give my best at a job where I was routinely being unappreci-
ated. And I’m sure it wasn’t fun or convenient for Joseph to keep
getting up after being betrayed by his brothers, framed by his mas-
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ter, and imprisoned. Adapting to our conditions is the path of least

resistance, although not always pleasant either.
But to expand in the face of seeming limitation, to give more than we
appear to have, without any guarantee of a return – this is real labor
of the heart and soul.
It tears the muscles of our character, but also makes us stronger,
more resilient, and a bigger channel able to express increased abun-
dance in every area we are willing to expand.

Chapter Five

Awakened Wealth Truth: Wealth Is an Attribute
of Spirit/Truth/God
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his spell has hobbled so many heart-centered people.
One of the earliest culprits was the saying ‘the love of
money is the root of all evil,’ often misquoted as, ‘money
is the root of all evil.’ But money and the things it can buy are only
symbols of wealth, not wealth itself, just as the fruit on a tree isn’t
the wealth of a tree, it’s the outer evidence of it. The real meaning
of this saying is that the love of the symbols of wealth, the attach-
ment to them, is the actual root of evil. Once we know the source
of supply is spiritual, invisible, and within us, we begin to lose our
attachment to the outer symbols. Once we know that the fruits
will keep appearing as long as we nurture the roots, we have less
need to hoard our fruits in barns where they rot and do little good
for us or anyone. This frees us up to truly enjoy the fruits, to savor
them, to have them in abundance without guilt, and to share them
freely without fear.
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But this hypnotic spell goes much deeper. It’s one of the core rea-
sons why the world is largely run by more materially-minded people
with values that don’t necessarily lend themselves to love, commu-
nity, service, and the true betterment of the planet and humanity,
while the deeply spiritual, heart-centered, or creative are the ser-
vants of these masters and structures. Now to be fair, there are many
conscious, conscientious, wonderful people with a lot of money, and
they are doing great works in the world. So this is not meant to be
an anti-rich commentary, not at all. It can also be said that some of
the greatest acts of global innovation, evolution, and value-adding
impact have come from some of the richest, most successful, but not
necessarily most enlightened beings. The development of the steel
industry, the railroads, the computer, the internet, and many other
major inventions or industries, often created by ego-driven, greedy,
or megalomaniacal men, have nevertheless led to some of the great-
est advantages on the planet – including a reduction in crime, vi-
olence, war, poverty, and greater access to food, water, housing,
education, and opportunity.
Still, so many heart-centered, spiritually-minded, truly
good people with amazing talents, gifts, and abilities that could
help this planet evolve to a whole new level, remain in the back-
ground, in the corners of the world, struggling to make ends meet,
dying with their music still in them – often because they had so
much baggage around money, wealth, sales, and success. If the
most enlightened, heart-centered, creative people are going to rise
into positions of prominence and power, and have the resources to
fund their visions, and the greater visions of the planet, we need
to heal this. In a sense, that is the whole purpose of this book, to
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dramatically and permanently change the conversation and

the consciousness around wealth and abundance for this group
of people.
So where does this set of false beliefs that create this hypnot-
ic wealth spell come from? In large part, it comes from religion. First,
because religion has had a long history of sacrifice, suffering, and de-
pravation as the only real means to be saved or get to heaven. Second,
religion has conditioned people to believe that earth is something
less than sacred and divine, and that we should ultimately forsake it
for our piece of real estate beyond the pearly gates. And third, be-
cause the whole idea of sacrifice has been misunderstood. The real
meaning of the word is ‘to make sacred,’ not to deprive oneself. Our
concept of God as a wrathful, punishing, punitive force that some-
how wants us to suffer for our place beside His throne is just a pro-
jection of our fears and unhealed relationship with our own fathers
and the whole patriarchal system. And the ‘vow of poverty’ did not,
esoterically, mean that we should have nothing, it meant that we
should not be attached to the things of the world.
The ‘vow of poverty’ did not, esoterically, mean that

we should have nothing, it meant that we should not
be attached to the things of the world.
Again, this goes back to the principle that we should not

love the symbols of wealth. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t love
real wealth, and express it. What did one master teacher say, “I
have come that you may have life and have it more abundantly.” He
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didn’t say you should, you know, make ends meet, otherwise you’re
a terrible sinner! But the deeper psychological reason why so many
heart-centered people struggle with this goes even further than just
money or material gain. Its roots are in our core wounds.

The deeper psychological reason why so many

heart-centered people struggle with this goes
even further than just money or material gain.
Its roots are in our core wounds.
Most people who have turned to a spiritual path, who have

sought an inward journey of greater self-actualization, did so be-
cause they experienced trauma or great pain and wounding around
‘this world,’ specifically around the areas of ‘power in this world.’
Their relationship to power, authority figures and, more especial-
ly, the consequences of being a powerful person, is negative and
fraught with ambivalence. To be specific, most people on the path
were judged, attacked, shamed, blamed, dominated, or controlled by
the people in positions of power and authority. Maybe they watched
as people in positions of power (including their parents) --which of-
ten included money and success -- did ‘ bad’ things, hurt others, or
hurt themselves. Or they saw others in the world, or in their own
neighborhood, suffering at the hands of the ‘rich and powerful.’ This
wound made it almost unbearable to live ‘ in this world,’ and drove
them to find some place where they could be free, feel safe, and find
some meaning and purpose to it all. In the worst cases, this can lead
to violent neurotic patterns, but in most cases it causes people to
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seek a spiritual or creative path, or embrace nature and animals –

all as a means of escaping ‘this world’ and its harsh, cruel realities,
which were often associated with power, money, success and things.
So is it any wonder that the idea of selling yourself or
your work, having a lot of money or success, would bring up fear,
doubt, guilt, shame, or just an unconscious unnamable resistance?
If you’re one of these people, the good news is that this rejection
of the world and its material ways led to you developing some tru-
ly important talents, gifts, and abilities. It led you to develop your
heart or mind or creative capacities, and set you on a journey of
awakening. There have been no mistakes, it’s all been conspiring
for your evolution and ultimate destiny. But now, in order to fulfill
that purpose, you must embrace the dark side of wealth, power, and
success. What is the dark side? It’s everything you’ve been running
from, trying to ignore, hide, heal, fix, get rid of, judge, or deny!
You must embrace the dark side of wealth, power,

and success. What is the dark side? It’s everything
you’ve been running from, trying to ignore,
hide, heal, fix, get rid of, judge, or deny!
The key takeaway for now is to understand that the idea that
money or wealth is not spiritual is a coping mechanism born from
this core wound. The truth is that it’s impossible for anything to
be unspiritual in the absolute sense, since all there is, is spirit. God
is in everything, and everything is in God (and by ‘God’ I am not
referring to a man in the sky, but the intelligence, principle, and
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power behind all creation). That doesn’t mean we see things correct-
ly and are experiencing them in their true divine nature – certainly
we’re not. But everything, in its true essence, is a divine perfect idea,
whether it’s money, the body, sex, business, art, commerce, or any
other area of human life. We don’t want to reject any part of our
humanity, including money -- we want to understand its true na-
ture and its correct application, so that it can find its rightful, con-
structive expression in the world. Money is an expression of divine
energy, consciousness, even love. When we earn it, grow it, and cir-
culate it consciously, we supply the resources for more good to man-
ifest for all. We don’t think it’s wrong to have an endless supply of
health, love, peace, joy, or creativity. When you understand that
wealth and its expression in money or any form of abundance is just
another spiritual quality, you realize that it’s just as holy to have and
express as much of it as you desire!
Please don’t brush over this point too quickly: wealth and
abundance in all its forms is really a spiritual idea, quality, or activ-
ity, as sacred and divine as love, peace, joy, beauty, or any other spiri-
tual quality. There is no division, no separation, in the mind of God.
There is no spot where God is not – which means there is no spot
where all the qualities of Ultimate Good are not. When you judge
or reject any part of creation, including wealth in its many forms,
you are rejecting a part of God – a part of your true self.
And to that extent, Life, Love, and Abundance can’t express
through you and manifest in your experience. This appears as vari-
ous forms of lack, which can often appear like they’re circumstances
out of your control – the loss of a job, unexpected bills, a lack of op-
portunity or ideas for new opportunities, a stagnation around your
creativity, and conflict with others in the area of wealth or finances
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(the #1 cause of marital conflict). But rather than recognizing that

this is a direct result of your rejection of wealth and abundance, it
will look and feel like you are being victimized, which often fur-
ther confirms for you why this is such a bad thing and more deeply
entrenches you in this limited belief. This becomes a vicious circle,
a downward spiral that creates a failure pattern difficult to get out
of. In fact, it’s impossible to overcome until you realize that you
and your fear, judgment, and rejection of wealth is at the root of it.
So snap out of it! Seriously, you’re not doing anyone any fa-
vors by staying broke, having little cashflow, or lacking in the vari-
ous forms of abundance that allow you to be all you were created
to be and contribute the gifts you’re here for. You don’t help others
become more abundant by staying in lack. Your unconscious vow
of poverty doesn’t leave more of the pie for those less fortunate –
in fact, it’s the opposite. When you shrink your capacityto receive
and generate abundance, you shrink the pie for everyone connect-
ed to you – unless they’re more conscious than you.
Your unconscious vow of poverty doesn’t leave

more of the pie for those less fortunate – in fact, it’s
the opposite. When you shrink your capacityto receive
and generate abundance, you shrink the pie for
everyone connected to you – unless they’re more
conscious than you.
But when you are willing to be a bigger channel of abundance, you

increase the amount of supply available for everyone involved. This
is possible because wealth is spiritual, and spirit is infinite. Think
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of it like the broadcast on a radio. If you tune into station K-Rich

and play the music, does that limit the music for others tuning in?
If millions more tune in, does that music run out? If everyone turns
up the volume to full blast, does the volume or music run out? Of
course not. In fact, it would begin to amplify each other and cre-
ate an even more powerful sound wave. Well, wealth is a broadcast,
a frequency, and the more you tune into it, turn up the volume on
it, and express it in the world, the more there is for everyone. So let’s
start dancing to the beat of abundance!
You believe money and spirituality are incompatible or

that having too much wealth or success could slow or
stop your spiritual progress and take away from others.
You are broke, living paycheck to paycheck, barely

making ends meet – or only just getting by.
You judge others who are wealthy or successful, especially

those who are very rich.
You feel guilty charging high prices for your services,

or charging anything.
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You don’t like talking about money, and even feel guilty, ner-
vous or ashamed around the topic.
You take a strange pride in how much you give away for free,
how you don’t charge much, how little you have, how you’re
not part of that ‘capitalist’ culture -- and/or you feel guilt
around admitting that you have made a lot or have a lot.
You can’t keep what you earn. Because you feel guilty or
ashamed for having more than others, you have to spend it or
give it away (this is often not conscious, but you know it’s hap-
pening if money burns a whole in your pocket or goes out the
door as fast as it comes in!)

How you handle money can be a big clue. Do you crumple it up,
stuff it in your wallet or purse like some contraband you don’t
want anyone to see? Or do you have it nicely folded or laid out,
the way you would treat clothing you cared about? (Money is
like a person: if you judge, condemn or reject it, it won’t want to
stay with you – and will find the quickest path out of your life!
So treat it well.)
As a parallel clue, you might feel guilty or shy about selling

or marketing yourself, or talking about your talents and abili-
ties in a confident way. You tend to play down your strengths
and assets, and feel those who play up theirs are arrogant or
self-centered (this isn’t directly about money, but it is about
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abundance and self-worth, which is closely connected to how much

you will allow yourself to have. Net worth doesn’t equal self-worth,
but self-worth often determines net worth).
snap out of it
How do you snap out of this hypnotic spell?
Well, hopefully this section has illuminated you about the error of
this kind of thinking. That alone can create mental and emotional
momentum, making you a candidate for new insights and inspira-
tion around this area. But this spell is pernicious and must be con-
sciously addressed on a regular basis.
Every time you have an opportunity to ask for what you real-
ly need, charge what you’re really worth, and go for what you really
want, you need to remember that having less doesn’t help anyone and
having more doesn’t hurt anyone. Everyone’s demonstration is his or
her own to make.
This can be controversial, but it’s principle: nobody is poor
because someone else made him or her that way. That’s not how
life works, not even in the poorest part of the world. I’m not say-
ing that we shouldn’t do everything we can to raise the world out of
poverty – that’s a big part of why I’m writing this! But that doesn’t
happen without a change in consciousness. As the lottery winners
have proven, you can give a poor person millions of dollars, and in
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a few years they will not only be broke again but often in worse
debt. Why? Because they haven’t had a shift in consciousness. This
has also been shown in the transfer of companies or other assets
to family members. If they don’t have the consciousness that built
that company or earned that asset – and they don’t develop it –
they can end up running the company into the ground and los-
ing much of what they’ve inherited. It’s all about consciousness.
If someone doesn’t have it in consciousness, no matter how much you
give them, they’ ll never truly have it. Conversely, if someone does
have it in consciousness, no matter what is taken from them, they’ ll
rebuild and replenish it.
I can hear some of you saying, ‘But what about children
born in poverty or people’s lives devastated by corrupt government,
disasters, or other major calamities beyond their control?’ As much
as it breaks my heart to see this, the principle is still the same:
Nothing can enter our experience unless it’s some part of our con-
sciousness. Also remember, a baby isn’t just starting their life. They
may be in a little body, but they are a big soul, with a history before
they got here. We don’t know what karmic propensities a person
arrives with. We don’t know what curriculum their soul has signed
up for, and how their challenges are serving their growth and evo-
lution. We really can’t judge by appearances. Maybe you don’t be-
lieve in all of that, maybe this feels like ‘ blame the victim.’ I can
assure you there is no blame or judgment here, just an understand-
ing of principle. And again, this doesn’t mean we don’t do every-
thing we can to help, heal, feed, house, and raise people to a higher
level, but we also have to address the root cause, consciousness.
So as you practice asking and receiving, continue to remind
yourself of this principle – that everything comes to you and ev-
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eryone else by right of consciousness. Release the fear, guilt, and

shame. Breathe and receive the abundance that comes to you, with
gratitude and celebration.
Remember that wealth can never separate you from your spirit,
it can never make you anything you aren’t already. Wealth magnifies
your character. So if you’re a good person, wealth will expand your
sense of goodness and make you an even bigger giver.
If you love God and people, the more you have, the more
you’ll serve, and the deeper your connection with your heart and
humanity will become. That is your prayer, your intention, as you
expand to receive all of the opulence life has to offer.
Practically speaking, as you engage in activities or conversa-
tions around wealth, notice your urge to talk yourself out of a sale,
to downplay yourself, to judge or condemn people who strive for
wealth and success – and keep your mouth shut! When you’re sell-
ing something and someone asks ‘ how much?’ Don’t do a long dis-
claimer, trying to convince them of your good intentions or prove
to them that you or your service is worth it. Just say the price and
be quiet! If they balk at it, don’t back-peddle and become a used car
salesman, reducing your price until they say yes. This erodes your
price integrity – and your integrity in general. That doesn’t mean
you can’t have other options, other price points, but you must take a
stand for your value.
People treat you the way you train them. People don’t pay you
what they think you’re worth, they pay you what you think you’re
worth, if you let your fear or guilt drive your conversation or actions.
When you’re talking with others about money, the econo-
my, success, or any related subject, become especially vigilante for
those thoughts, words, or phrases that are limiting – and refuse to
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accept them or give expression to them. If someone says ‘the rich

are taking over this country and we need to stop them! The economy
is terrible and there aren’t enough jobs! Money corrupts everything…’
don’t agree with that. You don’t have to launch into a lecture about
why they need to embrace their inner rich person or how this is
limiting them and everyone else! You can just say ‘Oh, interest-
ing.’ Think of the ‘Oh’ like a big circle that their comments pass
through and keep going, not finding any place to stick in you. And
if you find yourself about to speak something limiting, ask your-
self, ‘If this that I am about to say were to become my reality, would
I want that reality?’ If not, don’t say it! You can also notice if your
body feels constricted or expanded, which is a good indicator if
you’re coming from fear and lack or love and power.
Finally, be proactive about this. Look at the areas where you
have limited yourself because of this belief. If you aren’t charging for
your work, start. If you aren’t charging what you truly need or want,
raise your prices. If you’re feeling ready for a raise, ask for one. Include
a life of wealth and abundance in your big vision, create a real plan
for attaining it -- then go for it!
As you do, invariably all the reasons why you didn’t do this
before will come up -- the fears, doubts, judgments, limiting emo-
tional patterns. As they do, you include that work in your plan and
as part of your daily practice of healing, integrating, and awaken-
ing to your next best self.

Chapter Six
Staying Awake
T
his is a process, a journey. It’s hard to stay awake when there
are so many hypnotic suggestions trying to put us asleep.
But if we remain alert, we can open our eyes, rub the sleep
from them, and make real progress. It rarely happens overnight, how-
ever you can experience some significant shifts rapidly if you are will-
ing to dive in and do the work. But it can’t just be an exercise here
and there. If you want lasting results, you must create new habits,
and redesign your life around these organizing principles of abun-
dance.
As Confucius said,
‘All people are alike, only their habits differ.’ So just as you
might commit to new healthy habits, also commit to new
wealthy habits.
And get help. You don’t have to do this alone. Doing this
work in groups, with conscious coaches or mentors who will hold
you accountable, and in structures that ensure you will actually
keep moving – all of this is essential when you’re developing this
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new awakened wealth consciousness. Otherwise, the unconscious

coping mechanisms and survival strategies will kick in, trick you
into believing in lack and limitation, and cause you to give up.
Don’t let that happen. Value yourself enough to get what you need
to finally master wealth and abundance. It will positively impact
and accelerate every area of your life.
God wants you to be wealthy, so that you have all the re-
sources you need to give your gifts, make your difference, enjoy this
incarnation, and put the universe on display. Everything isconspir-
ing for your success, everything is on your side – now it’s time to
be fully on your own side.
As you move forward with this Awakened Wealth work,
keep that foremost in mind and heart. Be kind and gentle with
yourself. Be your biggest champion. Take a stand for you…and all
of life will stand with you too.
To Your Awakened Wealth!
Derek

The 5 Hypnotic
Wealth
Spells
AND HOW TO SNAP OUT OF THEM
By Derek Rydall
BOOK DESIGN by Kati Kelo

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AND HOW TO SNAP OUT OF THEM

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20 Hypnotic Wealth Spell # 2

31 Hypnotic Wealth Spell # 3

44 Hypnotic Wealth Spell # 4

57 Hypnotic Wealth Spell # 5

Snapping Out of The

tions, and stories. We are so susceptible to such suggestions that we

I call these universal limited beliefs Human Hypnotic Spells. And

Hypnotic Wealth Spell # 1

Hypnotic Wealth Spell # 2

Hypnotic Wealth Spell # 4

Hypnotic Wealth Spell # 5

Hypnotic Wealth Spell # 1

modern medicine. It has been built on dissecting the parts of the

Our sense of separation from each other

Over and over we see the negative consequences of separa-

The only solution to our personal and global

As long as we’re operating from separation,

Even some of the seemingly good strategies for ‘making it’

Signs You Are Hypnotized By This Spell

Feeling unsafe, unsupported, insecure, unworthy (or the

A derivative of the above clue is when you find yourself

Feeling a compulsive need to use the various success strategies

If you compare yourself to others, and either feel superior or

If you are so driven to achieve or attain, to the detriment

If you judge others as ‘ less than’ who aren’t hard working or

If you generally believe that nothing will happen if you don’t

Once you become aware that you’ve been hypnotized,

In fact, the moment you realize you’re hypnotized, you’ve already

A key to accelerating your awakening -- and staying awake

you will cultivate the internal conditions for greater realizations

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Hypnotic Wealth Spell # 2

begins to change; we don’t value ‘things’ as much as we use to. We

All of the issues of life emerge from mind or consciousness.

Imagine who you could become if you knew that

Signs You Are Hypnotized By This Spell

You judge how much you have, or what you’re

You are willing to sacrifice your authentic values, and/or the

passion. That’s a perfectly legitimate path. The key is that you

You are willing to lie, cheat, steal, or harm someone or some-

You are willing to be disrespected or mistreated on some

You find your sense of safety or security in the things of the

thing outside of you your source, the universe is set up to

You admire or value people with a lot of outer symbols of

To be clear, I am not saying it is wrong to have an outer goal of

So what can you do to snap out of this hypnotic spell?

Mastering the Energy of Money

In this simple exercise, every time you participate in a transaction,

As you imagine all these different benefits, allow yourself to

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Hypnotic Wealth Spell #3

ter all, it does appear to be the case. If we don’t feel motivated to do

So how can we begin to prove to ourselves that our

Simply by doing the thing we are committed to or want to do re-

Simply by doing the thing we are committed

I have demonstrated this many times with clients. I will have

start to understand how it was never their emotions that stopped

‘Whatever’s missing is what we’re not giving.’ We are divine

Perhaps this all seems obvious. But the implications of being

‘Active believing,’ akin to active imagination -- generating